RIGHT JOB FOR EVERY MAN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1778, 17 June 1913, Page 5

RIGHT JOB FOR EVERY MAN.

USE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN BUSINESS Now York, May 2. According to tho United States Bureau of Education, the time is approaching! when psychologists, who aro now testing people lor industrial posit ion?, will also' select positions for persons.' Tho Miroan has iust issued a statement* with regard to a tcmarkablo series of experiments conducted by Professor Munstcrbcrg, of Harvard University, with a, view'to clioosing the likeliest candidatesfor positions in tho teicphoiio au« tram•< way service?.' He examined _ "pins ioi> memory, attention, general intelligence,, space, pcrccplion, rapidity of movements accuracy of movement, and association. Tho result showed that tlio girls who (lunliiicd in Hie test were 0101 most eflicient in practical servieo. wlulo thoso aw Uiu loot of tho list failed, and later loft the telephone company's eervico. Other equally-convincing tests aro described, and I lie bureau foresees tho timo whon it will be possible by psychology to determine vocations of &U oboul tc titavt a career, thus securing porfect odjiiEilueut between tho work and the workroafi, ant! enabling overyono to achicvo (jomff thing for tho commonwealth and com'. mon woal. "Tho task of tho world wi!( then be bolter dono and tho workers wilt receive greater rewards, deeper joy, and fuller satisfaction."—'"Daily Mail.'